The IRNA report said that just before the hanging at Tehran's Evin prison, the 40-year-old Jahed prayed peacefully, then burst into tears and cries, shouting for her life to be spared. Approximately 5,000 spectators — including women and children — gathered to watch the flogging and hanging.
Flogging was a legal preliminary to every Roman execution, and only women and Roman senators or soldiers (except in cases of desertion) were exempt. At least 73 young offenders were executed between 2005 and 2015." Public flogging in Iran (file photo) One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Ardebil (Northwestern Iran) Saturday morning (May 23, 2015), reported the Iranian state media. IRAN’S cruel regime barbarically executes the most people in the world per capita for crimes which include being gay and drinking alcohol.
Aside from flogging, the Islamic Republic also employs amputations as a punishment for theft. The usual instrument was a short whip with several single or braided leather thongs of variable lengths, in which small iron balls or sharp pieces of sheep bones were tied at intervals.
Amnesty International says Iranian officials have lashed and secretly executed two 17-year-old cousins in southern Iran.
Horrific video shows man hung by crane in Iran public execution It is reported that the man being executed is 26 years old, and had been imprisoned when he was only 13 years old. The Iranian authorities have flogged and secretly executed two boys under the age of 18, Amnesty International has learned, displaying an utter disdain for international law and the rights of children.
In such cases, the flogging is carried out before death to maximize the suffering of defendant. The Iranian Criminal Code allows for several execution methods, including hanging, firing squad, crucifixion, and stoning.
The case provoked national outrage in Iran. According to Amnesty International, in Iran, "Girls as young as nine can be sentenced to execution; for boys it's 15.
Judges have the latitude to mete out corporal punishment for those sentenced to death. However, hanging has been the only method used since 2010. Both were arrested aged 15 and convicted on multiple rape charges following … Iran punishes extra-marital relations between men and women as Zina, and proscribes shariah law punishments including lashes and execution for adulterers.Additionally, Iran’s penal code provides an elaborate series of criminal violations for same-sex acts, many of which can be punishable by death.. Chapter 2 – Hadd [Shariah-mandated] punishment for sodomy (livat)
Mehdi Sohrabifar and Amin Sedaghat, two cousins, were executed on 25 April in Adelabad prison in Shiraz, Fars province, southern Iran.